Bleed Through

by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Former journalist turned journalism teacher Larissa Johanssen moved back to her hometown to escape the violence she once covered on a national stage. Until that violence strikes her high school, her students. Now, she must help her students deal with the type of coverage that drove her to the breaking point. And she must revisit parts of her past she thought long buried—and separate truth from fiction to finally begin to heal.

269 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 6, 2013

About the author

Kristine Kathryn Rusch is an award-winning mystery, romance, science fiction, and fantasy writer. She has written many novels under various names, including Kristine Grayson for romance, and Kris Nelscott for mystery. Her novels have made the bestseller lists –even in London– and have been published in 14 countries and 13 different languages.

Her awards range from the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award to the John W. Campbell Award. In the past year, she has been nominated for the Hugo, the Shamus, and the Anthony Award. She is the only person in the history of the science fiction field to have won a Hugo award for editing and a Hugo award for fiction.

In addition, she's written a number of nonfiction articles over the years, with her latest being the book "A Freelancer's Survival Guide".

She has also published as:
Sandy Schofield (collaborations with husband Dean Wesley Smith)
Kristine Grayson - romances
Kathryn Wesley (collaborations with husband Dean Wesley Smith)
Kris Nelscott - mysteries
Kris Rusch - historical fiction
Kris DeLake - romances

Reviews

[Funder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Contemporary fiction isn't usually my first choice, but this book is amazing. I'm not good at writing reviews - I hate to spoil anything - but someone's gotta start talking about this book.

The author has said on her website that she wrote the book several years ago and has been hesitant to release it - she doesn't want to look like she's trying to capitalize on a school shooting. Sadly, school shootings just keep happening, so she's quietly released this book anyway. I'm glad she did. The writing is captivating, and once I started, I couldn't put it down.

It's a story about a school shooting, yes. But it's really a story about scars, and how the past echoes through generations, and how people keep functioning and begin to heal (or just keep functioning.) The best book I've read in February - highly recommended.

You can read the first two chapters here, at the author's website.

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful look at the effects of a school shooting on students, teachers, administrators and parents that also looks at the way in which they are reported in the news.

[Mary Killmer · Rating 1 out of 5]

Plot was weak.